Transcontinental Railroads
Monopolists
Labor Unions and Strikes
The Populists and Farming
Hodge Podge
100
This law allowed the government to subsidize the railroad industry through land grants.
What is the Pacific Railway Act of 1863?
100
Standard Oil
Who is Rockefeller?
100
Strike that occurred at one of Carnegie's steel mills.
What is the Homestead Strike?
100
Term for the unlimited coinage of silver.
What is bimetallism?
100
Biscuit invented by Steen
What is the cajun filet bacon egg and cheese?
200
This animal damaged tracks and delayed trains in the west.
What is the bison?
200
Steel Industry
Who is Carnegie?
200
Name for a contract a worker signs that says they will not join a labor union.
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
200
Prices for crops generally did this during the late 1800s.
What is fell?
200
Knight's favorite team
Who are the Gamecocks?
300
Industry in the East needed this transported from the western United States to produce goods and power their factories.
What is Natural Resources?
300
Electricity
Who is J.P. Morgan?
300
Characterized the governments response to strikes during the late 1800s.
What is violence (sided with big business)?
300
Populist candidate in the election of 1896.
Who is Bryan?
300
Color of Georgie's shoes.
What is pink?
400
The name of the laws from the late 1800s passed by state governments to attempt to regulate the railroad industry.
What are the Grange Laws?
400
Gospel of Wealth
Who is Carnegie?
400
Labor leader jailed after the Pullman strike, perennial presidential candidate, and associated with industry wide unionism.
Who is Debs?
400
The reason why production increased drastically in farming in the late 1800s.
What is mechanization?
400
Republican announcing a decision on 2016 today at noon.
Who is Romney?
500
The name of the scandal that erupted when it was discovered that one railroad was defrauding the government of millions of dollars.
What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
500
Horizontal Integration
Who is Rockefeller?
500
Leader associated with craft unions.
Who is Gompers?
500
Name for the speech delivered by Bryan against the gold standard.
What is the Cross of Gold speech?
500
Former governor who gave an incoherent speech in Iowa after the teleprompter froze.
Who is Palin?
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